Updated November 03, 2022 by the ABC13 Data Team

ABC13’s data team is tracking crime and safety across Houston and in your neighborhood.
You can choose which crime to examine:

Burglaries
14,230

Last 12 months
Through November 01

Average Burglaries
15,395

Yearly average
2019 to 2021

Burglary Rate
615

Per 100,000 people
Last 12 months

Average Burglary Rate
666

Per 100,000 people
2019 to 2021


Burglaries over the last 12 months are down 8% compared to the annual average over the last three years.

The city averaged 274 burglaries a week over the last 12 months. In 2019, that number was 325 a week.

A closer look at Houston burglaries neighborhood by neighborhood

The risk is not the same neighborhood to neighborhood. ABC13’s data team looked at the Houston Police Department’s data by neighborhood from 2019 through November 01.

The map color-codes each neighborhood by the burglary rate over the last 12 months. The three darker blues represent neighborhoods with burglary rates that are higher than the citywide rate. You can also click the box in the bottom right corner to see neighborhoods by the number of burglaries.

Click on any neighborhood on the map to see detailed numbers, rates and trends. You can also search for a street name, place, landmark or zip code.